In this war, of course, such feelings of remorse were amplified by the kinship of the officer class who had attended West Point together, served as brothers in arms in Mexico or on the Frontier, and then ended up fighting or even killing each other.

Poor Kearny ! He deserved a better end than that .

Armistead and Hancock.

Heart wrenching stuff.

Regards , Phil

---------------"Egad, sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox!"